MITCHELL Joseph, III^[1]

1775 - 1813  (37 years)

• Name	MITCHELL Joseph
  Suffix	III
  Birth	1 Jan 1775	North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Maine, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	73D666EA471B1741BA5F6657756F4F5AB675
  Death	1813	Dixfield, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Notes	On May 22, 1797, Joshua Mitchell conveyed, for $50, to his son, "Joseph Mitchell 3d of Freeport . . . housewright," an acre of the land he had bought of his father, in 1781. He also conveyed, Jan. 15, 1798, to "Joseph Mitchell 3d . . . Trader," of Freeport, for $112.50, land he bought of Seward Porter. March 31, 1802, "Joseph Mitchell 3d . . . housewright," and his wife Hannah, sold for $330, to Samuel Dillingham, of Freeport, thirty acres "in Range G," near land of Jonathan Dennison and of David Dennison, in Freeport. The deed was signed: Witnesses: "Joseph Mitchell 3 " [seal] "John Cushing Laomi Cushing." Between 1802 and 1806, Joseph Mitchell 3d became a resident of Dixfield, as shown by the following deeds: "Elijah Dix of Boston, County of Suffolk . . . Merchant," for $300, paid by "Joseph Mitchell the 3d of Freeport . . . Housewrit," sold him "lot No four in the fourth range in Upper Town so called & drawn in the name of Asa Goodale situated in Township No one on the north side of Androscogin River containing by estimation one hundred acres." This deed, witnessed by John Dix and James White, was signed, June 12, 1802, by "Elijah Dix." On Nov. 4, 1806, "Elijah Dix of Boston . . . Gentleman" (he was also a physician), for $200, sold "Joseph Mitchell of Dixfield . . . Housewright," additional land in the same town, "being a Gore of land lying on Webbs River . . . being the lower gore betwixt the lower and upper towns adjoining to Colo. Holoman on the west and on the east and Capt Elliot on the north and the mill lot on the south containing twenty five acres . . . reserving all the Water priveledg to my self and going to and from the same." In 1808, Joseph Mitchell sold John Stockbridge, of Dixfield, one third of "the gore . . . in common and undivided;" in 1812, Mitchell sold to Samuel Torrey, of the same town, the northern part of the gore,--about fourteen and a half acres. The deed was signed: Witnesses: "Joseph Mitchell [seal] "David Elder Hannah Mitchell" [seal] John Stockbridge Jr" Joseph Mitchell was selectman of the town of Dixfield, in 1808 and 1809. In the record of the town-meeting of August 31, 1804, reference is made to a road line marked by a beech tree on the bank of a brook running through the farm of Joseph Mitchell. His farm was about two and a half miles from Dixfield Village, on the road to Carthage. The brook is now called "Aunt Hannah Brook," for his wife, Hannah Dillingham. It runs along the foot of Sugar Loaf mountain, and furnishes the water-supply for the town. The circumstance which gave rise to the name--"Aunt Hannah Brook"--is unknown; but no doubt some incident suggested it. "Aunt Hannah" was one of those strong characters who unconsciously leave a trail of reminiscences behind them. Many stories are told to-day of her sayings and doings. On one occasion, she had been away from home on a visit; returning in a week or two, she took a general survey of the living-rooms, and without removing her wraps, began to polish the silver spoons. In Dixfield, to this day, if a woman, wandering aimlessly about the house, is asked if she is "polishing up the spoons," no explanation is needed.
  Person ID	I61971	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2005

  
  

  Father	MITCHELL Joshua,   b. 1 Dec 1742, North Yarmouth, York, Massachusetts Maine, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	HOOPER Rachel,   b. 4 Apr 1739, North Yarmouth, York, Massachusetts Maine, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	16 May 1765	North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Maine, United States   [4]
  	(1:618)
  Family ID	F24381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DILLINGHAM Hannah   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	22 Sep 1796	Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts Maine, United States   [2]
  	(Married by Rev. Alfred Johnson.)
  Children	1. MITCHELL Almira,   b. 10 Jun 1798, Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts Maine, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. MITCHELL Arthur,   b. 25 Jun 1800, Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts Maine, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

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  [S2590] Book-Descendants of Edward Small, pp.1545-1547. [S2590] Book-Descendants of Edward Small, p.1545. [S2590] Book-Descendants of Edward Small, p.1547. [S46] Book-VR North Yarmouth, ME, p.251.